If there's a second mortgage you could try to negotiate with them, or you will have to foreclose them out.

They all just wanted to know how much they could get for their property.I'm sure distressed multi-family owners are out there when the market's hot, but obviously they will be much farther and fewer between than distressed SFR owners, both because there are so many more SFR owners and because multi-family owners, in general, are more sophisticated real estate-wise than SFR owners, most of whom aren't investors at all.Maybe I didn't spend enough on marketing or didn't know what I was doing or how to negotiate, but that was just my experience.  

However, the problem I'm haven is that For you experienced flippers, will you usually plan on replacing all older mechanicals, as a general rule, or do you wait until the inspection and then negotiate with the bank?

Now during negotiations we had agreed to convey all appliances verbally.

My plan is to manage the property myself (I currently manage a 100 home affordable housing community).How would someone such as myself begin the process of structing a deal such as this, finding the right team to value the asset, negotiate, finding lenders, etc - especially in a city where I know no one - and putting down as little as possible (preferrably no money down - is that even doable)?

If you used the bank that  have the REO for your financing it might not work in your favor when you make an offer because they already know how much you qualify for or how much you can afford so they might not negotiate. 

Even with seller financing, you are going to need a loan worth at least $70k if you numbers are right.Happy Negotiating :)

This potential tenant requests 2 parking lots and negotiating to tap into main water line for a fee.

They want that property off their books especially if financed by a local community bank and will be willing to negotiate no doubt.

He is negotiating the price, did the walk-through and repair estimates.